The derivatives market is worth more than $516 trillion, roughly 10 times the value of the entire world's output: it's been called the "ticking time-bomb." Unsurprisingly, this news comes to us from Britain; the U.S. media is not going to mention it.

The US attacked Syria. Objective: kill terrorist accomplice, carried out under a quietly-revised but just announced policy of going after countries, groups & persons who aid terrorists in any way in obtaining WMDs. How many more countries might we attack?